Designer Catherine Hickman, 31, who had been commissioned for work by the singer Bjork and whose work had been stocked in shops in New York, died in the blaze alongside Helen Udoaka, 34, and her three-week-old daughter Michelle.

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Dayana Francisquini, 26, and her children, six-year-old Thais and Felipe, three, were also killed.

Among the charges are allegations that there was no fire risk assessment for the premises, and that suspended ceilings in the building were in a poor state of repair and were not constructed in a way or made of materials that would stop a fire from spreading.

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Southwark Council will be prosecuted of a series of fire safety charges following the blaze

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Other allegations claim that other parts of the construction of the building failed to adequately provide barriers to smoke and fire, and that strips and seals were not fitted to fire escape doors or the doors to flats.

Southwark Council faces 22 charges under the Regulatory (Fire Safety) Order 2005 at a plea hearing at Southwark Crown Court.

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The charges include allegations that there was no fire risk assessment